GOALS & TiMETABLES

The following time tables are based on achieving fluency in 2 or 3 years using my Methods.

see How Long will it Take to Learn Japanese? for more information

It is estimated that it will take about 2200 hours for an average English-as-a-first language speaker to go from zero-Japanese to fluency. I recommend keeping the number of hours in mind, but following the sentence count as your primary benchmark.

2 YEARS
MONTH	GOAL	NOTES	EST. HOURS
01	Finish Remembering the Kana	Week 1	0
	Begin Japanesepod101 Lessons	Week 2	-
	Begin Remembering the Kanji	Week 2	-
03	Finish Reviewing the Kanji Vol. 1	3.5 Months	-
04	Begin Sentences	-	-
06	Sentences	700-1000	550
12	Sentences	2800-4000	1100
18	Sentences	4900-7000	1650
24	Sentences	7000-10000	2200
	Kanji Count	~2500

3 YEARS
MONTH	GOAL	NOTES	EST. HOURS
01	Finish Remembering the Kana	Week 1	0
	Begin Japanesepod101 Lessons	Week 2	-
	Begin Remembering the Kanji	Week 2	-
05	Finish Reviewing the Kanji Vol. 1	5.5 Months	-
06	Begin Sentences	-	367
12	Sentences	1400-2000	733
18	Sentences	2800-4000	1100
24	Sentences	4200-6000	1467
30	Sentences	5600-8000	1833
36	Sentences	7000-10000	2200
	Kanji Count	~2500

for additional information:
see Kana (Hiragana & Katakana)
see Japanese Audio Input and Japanesepod101
see Learning Kanji and Remembering the Kanji Method

Further Reading:
Introduction to NiHONGOCENRAL.com
Method Overview
What it Takes to Learn Japanese
How Long will it Take to Learn Japanese?

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